Automatic weighing-machine.



D. A, FLAVELL.

AUTOMATIC WEIGHING MACHINE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED SEPT. 25, 1907. I I Patented 001;.27, 1908.

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DENXS A. FLAVELL, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

AUTOMATIC 'WEIGHING-MACHINE.

fpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Oct. 2?, recs.

Application filed. September 25, 1W7. Serial No. 8%,450.

an automatic machine for weighing and depositing in cans given quantities of powdered or granular materials, and particularly for operating on materials which are liable to cake, which are of a dusty nature and which have a tendency to trap air and yield it slowly so that they compact gradually.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a weighing and filling-machine which will operate on such materials Without permitting an appreciable escape of dust therefrom, and to elfect the weighing and filling with speed and accuracy, and with regularity and certainty of operation into cans of suitable capacity to contain such materials of the required Weight at their normal volume.

In the accompanying five sheets of drawings which form a part of this application-- Figure 1 is a front elevation ofan automatic. -weigh1ng-mach1ne embodying my invention,

the filling-head being in section on the line I-I of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with the filling-head broken away. Fig. 3 is a section on the line IIIIII of Figs. 2 and 5 looking rearwardly. Fig. 4 is a section on the line IVTV of Figs. 2 and 5 looking forward. Fig. 5 is a plan view. Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the measuring-chamber of the filling-head broken away. Fig. 7 is a detail of the feed and latching-mechanism for the chain conveyer for cans. Fig. 8 is a section on the line VIII of F ig. 3 showing the powerdriven means for openingand closing the clutch for operating the 'drip stream con 'veyer. Fig. 9 is a section on the line IX of Fig. 3 showing the trigger-mechanism for closing and the cam'for opening the clutch which operates the cam which opens the drip-stream conveyer clutch. 10 is a section on the line X of Fig. gshowing the cams for positive movements of the weighclutch for operating the cliitch :tor the ing-mechanism. Fig. 11 is; a section on the line XI of Fig. 3shownigthe cams-and of Figs. 9 and 10 and showing the cam for operating the mechanism for the measuring chamber and chain conve'yer for cans.

The machine as illustrated is deslgned to receive through a tubular chute 1 from anoverhead bin or hopper such materials as bakingpowder, and is constructed four times the scale of the original drawings to Weigh the baking-powder into four-ounce quantities and fill into cans. The material is delivered from the chute into the upper part of the side of an inclosed vertically bored filling-head 2, in the lower portion of which ,is a chambered or notched cylindrical block 3 forming a measuring-chamber with the filling-head.

The measuring-chamber is partitioned oil? by an upper diaphragm. 4 with aninlet port on one side of the ,aXis and a lower diaphragm 5 with an outlet port unalined. and on the opposite side of the axis. On rotation of the block, the chamber formed by the notch is brought-alternately opposite the inlet and the outlet ports so as to receive and discharge a measured volume of material with each rotation which is as near to and yet always under the required amount by weight as is found practicable. The chambered block is attached to a shaft (3 which projects through the top of the filling head. The filling-head is provided with a by-pass 7 to the measuring-chamber in which is a screw conveyor 8 by which a drip-stream is discharged from the filling-head. A friction-bevel 9 on the upper end of the conveyor-stem receives motion from a frictionbevel. 10 when the two are in contact. The driving friction-bevel is mounted on a horizontal shaft 11 which is kept continuously running. A spring 12 around this shaft presses the friction-bevels into contact and a forked wedge 13 serves to separate the bevels. The separatable bevels with the closingspring and separating-wedge constitute a clutch in the power transmission to the drip-stream conveyer. The continu ously running horizontal shaft enters the filling-head and a toothed bevel pinion 14. thereon engages a bevel gear 15, the latter running loosely on and independently of the shaft for rotating the chambered-block.

Depending from the periphery of the gear is a rod 16 which serves as a stirrer to break up any lumps in the material and insure its supply particularly to the drip-stream conveyer in a finely comminuted condition. On

the lower end of the filling-head below the measuring chamber and drip stream conveyer is formed. a conical nozzle 17 which fits as closely as may be witl'iout ii'iterterinp; with the weighing into the flaring mouth oil a weighing-bucket 181 The bucket is provided with a discharge-valve 19 which held closed by a spring 20, and the bucket has a discharge-opening 21 below the valve. A rubber gasket 22 is provided at the opening.

Below the discharge opening of the bucket is an endless-chain conveyor for cans consisting of perforated plate links 23 with fillingtubes 2% passing through the perforations in each link. Engaging spaces for sprocket teeth are formed along the edges of the chain on both sides oi the line of filling-tubes. Other notches or spaces save weight and are engaged by means described later for securing accurate registry of the lilling-tubes with 1 the discharge-opening ol." the bucket. Hub; ber gaskets surround the filling tubes on the inclorin side of the chain. it \viro loop 26 fastened to each link serves to retain the can on the filling tube while passing around the sprocket and to carry it along; with the chain on the upper run. Under the weighing-bucket is a pair of SlJl'OUliGtS 27 2'4- a round which the conveyeechain passes and between the sprockets a pulley The cans are placed month downward on the lower branch of the conveyor chain and when the cans are passing around the pulley and sprockets the bottoms bear against the pulley and the mouths are pressed against diverges from the lindot the conveyer-cluiin so that the lilhng r-tube's are gradually illidrawn.

The \veighinnjdiucket is mounted on a badance-beam 30 torn'ied of a bar bent around the bucket and the ends brought parallel. A balance-weight 31. carries a smaller screwmounted weight 353 for close adjustment.

The machine is power driven through a beltpulley 33 on a. shaft A SplOCliGli- Wheel. 35, chain belt 3t and sprocket-wheel 3T transmit the power to a shaft 38. A sprocketwvheel 39 onthis shaft, chain-belt 40 and sprocket-wheel ll continues the power transmission to the horizontal shaft on the filllnghcad through which the dripstream conveyor and stirrer are operated. The shaft 38 also carries a toothed clutchmen'iber 4% which is engaged by a bolt 43 carried by a cam-sleeve 14. This bolt is automatically operated. by a spring 45 and retracted by a Clutch'finger l6. The fin ger is retracted by a/spring 47. The com.-

sleeve carries cam 48 which acts on. a

prong of the (Clutch-linger to return it to engaging position in time to reiing: e the clutch at the completion of a revolution. Hence the clutch. is autonuitically closing and self-opening. 'ihe clinch-linger is retained in. en 'aging position by a. triggered) which 18 hold in engagement by a, p; jectien 50 from the balance-weight of the weighing mechanism, and is released thereby when the required weight is reached. Also on the cam-sleeve driven through this clutch is at am 51. which, on operation, acts on lever and through a rod operates the Wedge of the clutch in the power transmission to the drip-stream conveyor, thereby cutting oil the drip-stream. The several parts of this power-driven means for opening the ('ll'iPSll'Ofllll clutch are made as quick acting as practicable in order that the drip-streain may be cut oil promptly upon action 01' the weighing'nicchanismL Small and large ,g' ars 434i; and 535 transmit power from the shaft 38 to a. shalt 56 and drive it at a slower speed. This shaft car ries a. toothed clulrlrnienlber :37 which is engaged by a bolt 58 carried by a. cann sleeve 59. The bolt is automatically operated by a spring (30 and is retracted. by a. lin er til at the end (it each revolution. This linger conveniently tripped by a can] (52 on the other cam-sleeve let to close the clutch. Cams (Sb and (iii act on projections as which are conveniently carried by the lmlance wcight of the weiuhbig-mechanism and effect a positive movement of the Weighing-mechanism lirsl; lifting: the weighted end of the balance-beam and forcing down the bucket, thereby bringing an ope 'ating lever (36 of the discluirge-valve of the bucket into engagement with a projection 67' from the framework of the machine and, at the same time. closing the discharge-mouth of the bucket against the top of the underlying tillix1gtube. As the gasket around thelilling-tiibe is closed against the inouth ot a can, hermelical connection is thereby etlected between the bucket and the can. llbilc the \vei 'hinix-mechanism would ordinarily lift the bnck et clear of the filling-tube after the discharge of the load, the cams are, second, for safety, arranged to make this movement positive. When the cam movement s c ornpleted, the cams he clear ol the weighingmechanism and leave it free to act so far as these cams are concerned, but a latch 68 is prohided "which enga; the balance-beam of the Weighing-mechanlsni on ll'S return and prevents 'iremature action. rl jrooker (i9 pressed by a spring 70 rests against and resets the trigger and holds it in position to reengage the clutelrlinger 4:6 and to be reengaged by the weighiug mechamsm. A cam 71 on the cam-sleeve lifts the rocker from the trigger as the cam-sleeve eons pletes its movement, thereby leaving the Sin llfitl tri ger again free to reiease the olutoh-finmechanism which feeds the e' which it controls when 1t 1s again are 101" the cans and c ieposits a me eel by the Weighing-mechamso. During in the bucket. This last mecl all of the foregoing; movements the ehamconclusion of its movement 5 5 hereci bloc-l: in the filling-heed is resting atv stream con'veyer e116. 'uolatches t. w i0 the filling position. mechanism. The operations th V IL bevel pinion 72 011 th shaft with the above drivingpulle'y continuously drives bevel In depositing baking-poweler in free air 73 which runs loose oh a shaft This (lust .Qht of about six ses therefrom to a hei vheel has olutolii-piiis 75 '75 WlHCl'l are e11 niches no hastily settles ln order to 75 aged by a boltfi'fi carried by an arm pinned l'eep the (i surrounding lhLCillllG free the shaft. The bolt is .(iutomotically opfrom dust, the deposit fom chamber to eiated. by it spring 7?- ancl is retracted at the another is made between parts which as one"; of a revolution by e clutch-finger 78. closely coupled as possible so that the fill.

This finger is tripped a com 79 on the displacec'l from the chamber into which the so cameleeve 59 acting through conneeting material falls and which naturally carries 'ocl 1116 she 2: thus clutched transmits the dust will be substantial y drawn into the )UWST through thehevel gear 8L, pinion cavity from which the materiel '8."t1C tl shatt 83 i" (1 gears and. 85 to such Venting 9 he sharia in the ..l.

Ling-head and one at 2:. point above that to wihl i the "evolution of the ehhihbeired block. The rise The filling-head is bevel gear 15 m letc so that there ll be aneleach mesule of mu e a 1 J at the middle point of the chamber d block While i vGl'VQS a discharge a period of revolution e ,5 is at in use: point in order give the fillitog-head who time for the material to empty there-tron? l and. eompresse A oreiik 86 at the end the ft gradually filter up. three emtes an arm 8"! which carries a pair serves to lighten the h it engaging with a 'iitohet 89 which is ett i to the sprocket-wheels for feedin thi eonveyei" for the cans. Cams 9G and 91, a on the shaft '74, engage a. vertically sliding frame 92 with a bolt 93 which enters notches in the links of the chain conveyor and im on sures acclimate registry. A cam 94.- also car flied y the sheit Pl engages and ieturns the lover after the discharge oi the measured quantity into the Weighing-bucket" and therei again starts the thip-streem conveyor to .alie up the requi Kl weight At the some me the latch 68 1s :etraotecl and the Weigh- -R3Cl1li'llSl'fl thereby lifeecl for operation and repetition of operations the be hing; as a oe (lesceihefl.

illustrated in all the .ion with the pto complete a loacl and the ly concerned With the mehe xception. the stirier continuously. he operations 15 this position will now be traced. load being made no, tilting of the .21 1 IEiiilnii the trigger he olutoh-fingef closin i" the chemo running eemsleeve. the measurihgchemo Ve operates the olu co iinunicetioh with h e 1L 1 stirrer to more tiormighly meek up maps which would HlTQQXl QEV with aCC USJ Ven time to i 3 so "Weigh After tleoositio 1 into the helm to settle s T iTOlD 11163 :1 E18 5 POl'llsblVliikiil of an iheloseo lierging meosu eel quail om :filllL 9 h i J):- position isn't The cam 1 and the on the shaft, 9}. stirrer connected with the goal", means for operating the 'siiiriei' through the gear, and means for operating-2; the chambered block through its shaft.

4;. The combineeion with a wei liing-meoh en oin, of ii filling-head, a chambered bloel; forming with the fillii'ig-hezicl ii measuring chamber; (lioplirogins with unzilinee'l inlet and outlet ports for the measuring-ehumber, a hytiaesi i'mmd ihe ii'iezzsiiiingohomher, a conveyor located in the loy-pziss, means for rotating the chambered block so as to bring; the measuring-ohzin'zber siil emately into con'unimication with the inlet and the outlet ports, means for operating the conveyor, and iileons controlled by the weighingoneclizmism for stopping the conveyor.

5. The combination with o Weighiiig-n'ieohanism, of a bucket supported by the ii'eigh ing-meohanis1n having a discharge-valve and disol'ini'geopening below the Valve, :1 support for i can to receive the lJllCliGll -lllild, menus for effecting hermeticzil connection between the (lisoliergo-0:55aming of the bUCl'IGi one: the mifroixh of (he om], and IllGzi-IIS for operating :Lhe discharge"valve.

The combination Willi a. 'KJfllglllll""-I11B(l)- onism, of i huolzei having a (lisoliiiii g0 "'flVi} and :i lisolizirgeopening below the mivo, :i conveyor for eons wileii Willi filling: tubes, moons for hei'n etioelly connecting the moiiths of the cons Willi the filliii i'iibes. means operative Wiili illG weighing .neclimi- J ism. bringing the filling-Tubes in lioi-ii under the (libfijliilif iiingg' oi. the lNiClit-ii. means for eiieoiin g li'i'inetirzzil oomieei an between the disclaim i-og'iening' of the Duel-mi uiooi the month of ii fillin )liOl operating the clisoliai e-valve.

T. The combirmiion will: :1 weigliin anism, of ii chain "(HHWZWQZ' fol. (aims, and support for the bottoms of the mus which diverggos from 'lhe line oi the m i eyer beyond the loading point 11ml means operative with (he FiGiQlli(lgififlQCllfifilSii] for operating the chain conveyor to bring: the iillingg' lubes in iii-i1 into position lo i'ei i .e ilio discharge from {he iieigjhlog-median n and to remove "the lOZlflGIl cans, whereby the ,1, guide E l i l i l l I l l 1 l l l l l l l l liii ie, and means filling-homes, are withdrawn from each can "owing the operation of iillil'ig several cons. 8" 'llio oomhiimiion with a weighing-mode unisni, of o conveyer for cons consisting of peiiloioiml plate links with a filling-tuhe passing iln-oug g'h the perforation of each link through which material is receivecl from the Weighing mechanism. l

9. The combination with a WBiglliIigmechanism, of :i filllfig-llfiiul, a powov-driven conveyor for discliarg-ging i'nziixerizii into the weighing-meclizinism, a clutch in the powerlii'ansmission to the ooiweyei, power-driven means for operating the clutch, an au-oinaliczilly closing clutch in the power-driven means for operating the oonveyer-cluth, a finger for holding the last named clutch in open position, a trigger controlled by the \KOigilillg-ll'lQCllM'llSIU for holding the finger in engagingposition, and means for resetting all the Pilli'S after operation.

10. The combination "with a Weighing mechanism including a bucket, of o filling h m'l, :i power-drivendrip-stream, eoi'iveyei' 'loivonveying nmiiei'izil. from the fillingyllezifl into the bucket, ii clutch in its power inane mission, power-driven means for discharging a i osurod volume of material from the filling-head into the bucket and closing the oliiicli in the power transmission to the drip sli'ezini CODVGYfiF, a, self-opening clutch in the power imumnission for discharging ii 11j613- iz eiil volume of material, power-driven means for opening 'lllfi clutch in the power cli'ipstreziiii oonveyi u'unsmiseion of the and eiieeicmg; he closure of the oiiiltoh in the power transmission for (l.lSClii-Xfg]il 2 m xes-- Wiinesso Vi 115M011, ill-I. SEN 170R.

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